Sandish Shoker
BBC News

A man who was blinded when his former partner poured acid over him while he slept is suing the police force he said could have prevented the attack.

Daniel Rotariu was attacked by Katie Leong at their home in Leicester in 2016 and has also been left with severe scars to his face, arms and torso.

Leong is serving a life term after being found guilty of attempted murder.

Mr Rotariu said police had been warned about Leong's fascination with carrying out an acid attack.

An investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) found police had received reports months before the attack that Leong was planning to buy acid to attack someone, but officers failed to contact her.

The 33-year-old is now crowdfunding to carry on his legal action against Leicestershire Police.

The force said it "cannot comment at this stage" on the legal proceedings.

East Midlands Today

A reward of £3,000 is being offered to track down the people responsible for arson attacks on a Leicestershire housing estate.

The fires first started on the Fairmead estate in Melton Mowbray in July last year.

Since then there have been at least 20 fires with bins, sheds, fences, cars and even street lamps being set alight.

"The worry is the proximity of the bins, sheds and cars to the houses," said Sgt Paul Kear from Leicestershire Police.

"It's only got to take something to go a little bit out of control and we have a serious house fire, if not fatalities, on our hands and we have absolutely got to prevent that."

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

A crew from Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service posted this photo over the weekend after one of their vehicles struggled to get to a house fire.

One of the cars on Garden Street in South Wigston was slapped with a "parking advice" ticket from the fire service on inconsiderate parking.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

If you're the one hosting Christmas dinner tomorrow, East Midlands Ambulance Service has put out this helpful advice, external courtesy of the Food Standards Agency to avoid giving your guests food poisoning...

Image source, Food Standards Agency

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

The chief executive of student discount site UNiDAYS has strongly denied sexual harassment and bullying claims made against him in an anonymous online petition.

More than 750 people have signed a letter against Josh Rathour who said he "would welcome any investigation".

Image source, UNiDAYS

UNiDAYS, which has its headquarters in Nottingham, offers money off clothes, gadgets, music, transport and food for students and has 10 million members.

The company said it would be conducting an investigation in the new year "to establish the facts".

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

And for those of you travelling in your car today, the motorways are expected to be busiest between 11:00 and 13:00, according to the RAC and Inrix, which provides traffic information.

The M1 in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, between junctions 21 and 26, is also predicted to be worst for long delays.

Image source, PA

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

If you're taking a train journey over the next few days, make sure you check the times of your train before you travel.

There are some engineering works on some East Midlands Trains routes which will see changes to timetables and replacement buses.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

Here's a story to make you smile this morning.

A Nottingham man has decorated a plum tree in his front garden with 21,000 lights after seeing a similar one in Minnesota in the US.

Andy Black said he and his wife Lisa were inspired by a video of the American tree as they were looking for ideas on how to decorate the front of their house.

Anna Church
Weather Presenter, BBC East Midlands Today

It's not going to be a white Christmas I'm afraid - but here is the full forecast for the next few days.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

Good morning! There's just one more sleep until we get a visit from Santa.

While you're all busy getting through your mince pies and chocolates today, Nick Smith and I will be bringing you all the news, travel, weather and sport from across the East Midlands.

If you'd like to get in touch, you can email or send us a message on Facebook, external or Twitter, external.

Stuart Gulliver, 91, and Daniel Holmes, four, exchanged gifts after forming an unlikely friendship.

In a special festive edition of our weekly feature, BBC Sport highlights 12 things you may have missed from Saturday's EFL games.

Leyton Orient go four points clear at the top of the National League after a home win over Chesterfield.

Tyler Walker's brilliant second-half brace secures Mansfield Town a battling comeback win at Stevenage.

Grimsby Town continue their superb run of form at Blundell Park with a thumping victory over League Two strugglers Notts County.

Leicester stun Chelsea at Stamford Bridge as Jamie Vardy's second-half strike inflicts a first home defeat on the Blues this season.

Leicester Tigers end an eight-match losing streak in all competitions as they secure a 35-24 win over Harlequins.

Promotion hopefuls Derby County lose ground on the Championship leaders as they are held by Bristol City at Pride Park.

Queens Park Rangers come out on top in a hard-fought Championship battle with Nottingham Forest.